Luke 14:29 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 14:29

Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

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ASV

Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

WEB

Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

YLT

lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

DBT

in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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2 verses on the floor

Ephesians 6:11
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Matthew 27:40
And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. 2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

We lose the things we have wrought ( 2 John 8 ), and all we have done and suffered is in vain, Gal. iii. (2.) When we undertake to be Christ's disciples we are like a man that goes to war, and therefore must consider the hazard of it, and the difficulties that are to be encountered,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

(2) Though the contest for salvation be on our part an awfully unequal one, the human will, in the exercise of that "faith which overcometh the world" (1Jo 5:4), and nerved by power from above, which "out of weakness makes it strong" (Heb 11:34;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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